State v. Silcox

KAROHL, Judge.

Donnie Gene Silcox appeals his conviction by a jury of selling lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), § 195.020.1 RSMo Cum. Supp.1984. Defendant was sentenced as a prior offender to ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. From the evidence the jury reasonably could find that on June 16,1981 defendant sold the controlled substance to Detectives Swan and Holifield, undercover police officers for the St. Louis City Police Department. Defendant denied that he had sold any drugs to the detectives on June 16, 1981 or at any other time.

Defendant’s…